Speechless Inspo

It's been 3 months since I started this blog today and instead of shoving photos of me all the time on here, I believe it would be more beneficial (And pleasing to the eye) to post some awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, sheer genius on here for inspiration or whatever you take away from it, but more so to make you stop breathing for that moment when you're hit with over-whelming brilliance.

These are my favourite shots from The Vogue 120: The Stylish Singers, Designers, Actors, Models, and More (Under 45) of the Moment photographed by Norman Jean Roy




What girl wouldn’t like a Dundas (with model Caroline Trentini, in Emilio Pucci) on her chaise longue? In a dull, double-dip world, he’s the man who has fought on the side of good-time dressing, turning Emilio Pucci into a hotbed of sophisticated sexiness. Trained in Parisian haute couture and sprung from Norway via America, he’s a cosmopolitan gentleman with a studio in the Florentine Palazzo Pucci and a very healthy twenty-first-century work ethic. Endless numbers of the supergorgeous are his friends.

 


None of these young designers—left to right, Rousteing of Balmain, Altuzarra, and Vaccarello (with models Chanel Iman, Kate Upton, and Candice Swanepoel)—shies away from worshipping the curves of a woman’s body, yet they’re not remotely interested in the clichés of “sexy.” If the clothes are hot, it’s simply because the heat flares up with the way they sculpt and shape and sinuously manipulate their silhouettes. It’s as much about empowerment as it is eroticization.




Florence Welch- Appearing in ethereal swaths of Gucci silk and Valentino lace because “they feel like they’re doing a performance of their own,” she enthralls devotees with her theatrical wardrobe as well as her soulful voice. The Pre-Raphaelite beauty credits “growing up around art history” (her mother is a Renaissance-studies professor) for her sense of artful drama, while Welch’s blend of British eccentricity—a mash-up of every era from the eighteenth century through the 1970s—flaunts a romantic unconventionality. “I like to imagine I’ll wear the things I’m buying now when I’m old and mad!” she says.




Ricardo Tisci of Givenchy and Roony Mara- She was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, who has since turned heads on the red carpet. He is The Boy with the Heart of Romantic Darkness, who has dramatically transformed Givenchy. One may act, the other design, but each never fails to remind us of why less obvious forms of beauty, not to mention the gritty and heady thrill of urban life, matter so very much.




Take a quick look at the designers driving American fashion—Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, and David Neville and Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone—and it’s clear two heads are better than one. “Divide and conquer,” says Neville. “That’s our motto.” Yet working in pairs isn’t the only thing that unites these highly individualized teams. They’re also blazing radical new trails toward redefining cool, whether it’s Proenza’s urgent, innovative polish, Rodarte’s imaginative romanticism, or Rag & Bone’s sporty-street mix.



My Personal Favourite designers of the moment: Olivier Rousteing of Balmain, Peter Dundas for Emilio Pucci and Ricardo Tisci for Givenchy